Report: Resident Evil 7 to be Revealed at E3 2014

[Casual Shinji]

I know this is jumping the gun. but I can already tell from the title card that this is going to suck. Probably something to do with "The war ends now." Since when did this whole shit needed to be a war?

That was exactly what I thought when reading it. Another pseudo-military shooter with characters who already know what's going on and aren't even shaken by it.

Man, I know Resi 4 gets a bad rep from fans of the old series, but that atmosphere! You can see Leon visibly shake slightly as he fights an enemy he knows nothing about. You can feel the uncertainty as he walks forward, not knowing where the next Ganado is. Now we have battle-hardened veterans and fast-paced wars breaking out. There's no tension anymore.

Every good Resident Evil was about you being stuck and on your own in some mysterious zombie/monster infested place. RE4 still understood this, despite the heavier emphasis on action. As soon as this series went global, starting with Resident Evil 5 and culminating with Resident Evil 6, it completely lost it's identity.

 

[Ishigami]

Considering they want to sell almost 6 million copies at least I assume this will be a spunkgargleweewee and of little to no intrest to me.

 

[Metalrocks]

Considering they want to sell almost 6 million copies at least I assume this will be a spunkgargleweewee and of little to no intrest to me.

obviously they try to go back to its old roots. someone said in the RE4 discussion that capcom wanted to release RE7 this year but after the poor reception, they postponed it. lets hope thats true.

 

[DocMcCray]

Loved RE4, bought RE5 & 6 as budget titles. 5 I enjoyed, but it wasn't survival horror. 6 I completed but it was so bleh.

The thing that irritated me so much about 6 was the forced camera angles, especially during intense moments. Capcom, I don't care what you want me to see. I want to control my own camera angle so I can best navigate these situations.

I'll breakdown by campaign since they were so different.
Leon: For the most part pretty good. Tone down QTEs though.
Chris: Um, no. This can work in a different game under a different titles. But not Resident Evil.
Jake and Sherry: For the most part pretty good. But for f***'s sake stop bringing back the same boss that very obviously died. If you want to have the same boss chasing the protagonist, make it so the protagonists escape without killing the boss character.
Ada: Meh. She had good gameplay elements, but I just don't care about Ada.

One more thing: LAVA/MOLTEN ANYTHING EQUALS DEATH. *P*E*R*I*O*D* If anything falls in molten rock/metal/whatever, it is dead. Don't bring it back. You have ruined the experience each and every time you've brought something back from a molten death.

 

[crazygameguy4ever]

as long as it's not as bad as RE6 and RE Operation Raccoon City were.. although this is Capcom and as Yahtzee has often said Capcom are idiots.. so I'll wait till it's released and review before trying it. it needs it "Not Shit" certificate before i'll play

 

[The White Hunter]

Yeah, I know most people who come into this thread will be here to say something like 'WHY ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TIME ON THIS GARBAGE THAT NOBODY LIKES INSTEAD OF MAKING A NEW MEGAMAN GAME!' or something.

But I happen to like the Resident Evil games. All of them. Even the new ones. So I'm excited.

I quite agree.

I even enjoyed 6; 6 is a poor horror game but it's definately and enjoyable co-op shooter for the most part, and you can have a lot of funw ith it that way.

5 is really fucking good even if it's unfair as hell at christmas on Professional, or any difficulty with all the insta-death nonsense.

Kinda hoping for a few steps back to a more ponderous game like 5 though, and masybe a proper single-player and then another mode for co-op.

 

[Raku-Gosha]

Looking at the title design seems this one will be in the same vein as RE 6. Bummmer. The sales expectations aren't a vote of confidence either.

I thought they learned. Was I naïve?
I'll hand it to them though, they are tenacious with the IP. Raccoon city, Revelations, Mercenaries,4,5,6. Always trying to reinvent the wheel. Can't always win when you're changing it up that often.

On another tangent "The War ends now" Hopefully that means a universe reboot is in the works.

 

[Shadow-Phoenix]

I'm in the small minority that liked RE6 (I know right? don't sue me) so I'm looking forward to see how they will end this.

That is of course if this will be their last game due to the title there.

I originally hated the very fiber of Resi 6 but then a STeam sale came along and my rig that was built last year could actually run the thing, along with a fellow Resi friend we both jumped in and co-op'd the entire game from start to end with breaks along the way (A few bugs that did require chapter restarts which was a pain that killjoy'd some of the good parts we had).

I do look forward to the upcoming title but I just hope Capcom don't go for the easier targets like Terrorists again (the Russians, Chinese,Africans, anyone not the US or the UK or allies of the UN basically).

What I really loved about the old days where Umbrella was in control was that it was a faceless corp that had top smart scientists and minds working behind the scenes of what was seen as a Pharmaceutical company, even the top scientists eventually turned on one another which eventually caused the company to crumble from the inside along with STARS giving them jabs for years.

Now it just gives me the image that it;s now all about Terrorists akin to those from Afghanistan and other places along with much more of a focus on mutations than the undead or undead mutations, now there's "clever" and more "aware" mutations which really just remind me much more of Dead Space and other Alien life forms that were more or less smart to begin with.

It was cool and interesting having the likes of the T-103 models and the Nemesis T-type because they were created differently and were made intelligent and also acted as mostly the main antagonist of the game series, but again now it's one guy who's mostly a nobody in the current series that happens to mutate once, then again and just trying to outdo the last mutation, doesn't really make it any more scarier or menacing.

I remember during the end of Leon's chapter of the story me and my friend were too busy laughing at how massive and disproportioned the boss had become to the point where he was practically Mothra sized and was more a parody and mockery than a worthy foe.

 

[Ninjamedic]

Since when did this whole shit needed to be a war?

Since Call of Duty and Gears of War, I miss my favourite series of cheesy camp horror games!

Though what annoys me the most is how Resi 4 showed the potential for the series and then they wasted it with 5, which was effectively 4 but shortened, with none of the charm and all of the allmark Resi quirks replaced with COD/GOW nonsense.

I couldn't even play Resi 6 for more than 15 mintues, it pissed me off that much. How did they miss the point of the whole series so badly!? Did the committee designing the game even play the earlier games or even 4?

Honestly, I don't care anymore. I have the old games, the REmake and 4. 5 wasted the potential climax for a story so it's not like the new games have any real weight anymore.

 

[MCerberus]

Multi-million sales expectations for a horror franchise whose credibility has been hurt be recent events huh?
Well if history repeats, it looks like the series will die after this one.

 

[LysanderNemoinis]

Yeah, I know most people who come into this thread will be here to say something like 'WHY ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TIME ON THIS GARBAGE THAT NOBODY LIKES INSTEAD OF MAKING A NEW MEGAMAN GAME!' or something.

But I happen to like the Resident Evil games. All of them. Even the new ones. So I'm excited.

Yes. Yes. Hallelujah fucking YES! I'm right there with you. The idea of seeing Resident Evil 7 at E3 is now the thing that I'm most excited about in gaming this year (The Evil Within now moving to second place). While RE6 wasn't that much of a survival horror game, I'd still say it's the second best third-person shooter I've played (Shinji Mikami's absolutely sublime Vanquish being the first).

 

[Sniper Team 4]

Yeah, I know most people who come into this thread will be here to say something like 'WHY ARE YOU WASTING YOUR TIME ON THIS GARBAGE THAT NOBODY LIKES INSTEAD OF MAKING A NEW MEGAMAN GAME!' or something.

But I happen to like the Resident Evil games. All of them. Even the new ones. So I'm excited.

I'm with you there. I enjoyed Resident Evil 5 and 6, and while I think they both had their problems, they were still fun for me to play. Especially with a friend. So here's hoping that they keep the co op campaign in the game. And perhaps work a little bit on their story telling.

 

[TheTygre]

Stop! Stop! He's already dead!

 

[uchytjes]

Well, heres hoping they'll realize what made resident evil 4 good (the humor, the enemy variety, and the fact that it was about as far away from umbrella as possible) and put that into the game. Let umbrella and the things around it die already.

 

[Haakmed]

I think this needs a "Hammer the Buttons and Wiggle the Sticks" reminder. Are you sure this dead horse needs another beating?

 

[deserteagleeye]

I enjoyed all of the Resident Evil games excluding Revelations. If it's anything like 6 I'll probably enjoy it. I avoided 6 until recently because of everyone saying it was a waste of time. Fuckers lied to me because it was fun as hell.
Now if everybody could get their head out their ass so this game can get out without biased-as-fuck reception.

 

[Ghadente]

I dropped off after RE4, anything after just wasn't good enough. Maybe they will take it back and make 7 like the older better ones or just bring out something fresh to the series.

optimism...hugh, Yeah. what is it good for?

 

[Ubiquitous Duck]

If it is decent and has co-op - boom. That's all I need from this Resident Evil game. The last one failed at this, so this needs to do better.

It would need to be as genius as 4 to warrant my interest as a single-player game, but I'll troll through most co-ops.

 

[Quellist]

I loved Res Evil right upto and Including 5 (plus that one on the ship on the 3ds). 6 was a major disappointment but i hope Capcom can come back from this and make RE a real survival horror (hopefully a campy one like 4 but honestly, as long as its got gameplay like 4 or 5 it'll be an improvement on 6).